Global conglomerate CJ Group marks expanding its operations in the animal feed sector in Vietnam by launching a new CJ Feed Ingredient Vietnam factory in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau today.

Vietnamese cuisine features dozens of noodle soups. Each region highlights its own specialities and local flavours. A bowl of noodle soup is a symphony in which every ingredient is arranged in precise harmony and in a fixed order.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) yesterday said that it has asked cleaning products manufacturers and importers to report if they are using cleaning chemical agents that have been banned by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the begining of this month.

Cargill has opened a US$8.5 million animal nutrition plant in the Nam Cam Industrial Zone inside the Dong Nam Economic Zone in Nghe An Province, bringing Cargill's total number of animal feed mills in Viet Nam to 11.

The consumption of glyphosate, which is a core ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer, does not cause cancer, according to a recent report released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Health Organisation.

The Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) under the Ministry of Health has been testing drink products of URC Hanoi Co. Ltd based on concerns around the excessive presence of lead in the firm’s ingredients.

The European Union is expected to extend approval next week for weed-killer ingredient glyphosate, used in many herbicides including Monsanto's Roundup, despite a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over whether it causes cancer.

The head of Europe's food safety watchdog has written to a group of nearly 100 senior scientists strongly rejecting their criticisms in an ongoing row about the safety of weed-killer ingredient glyphosate.

Eight dairy importers and producers in Vietnam may be able to escape back taxes of VND700 billion (US$30.69 million) in a controversial case of import tariff calculations that even officials cannot see eye to eye on.